Securing valve-seats.



No. 769,831. PATBNTED SEPT. 13, 1904.' J. E. L. OGDEN.

SEGURING VALVE SEATS.

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PATENTED SEPT. I3, 1904.

J. E. L. OGDEN.

SECURING VALVE SEATS.

PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.y

J. E. L. OGDEN.

SECURING VALVE SEATS.

ILEDl NOV. 2. 1903.

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J. E. L. OGDEN.

SECURING VALVE SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 1903.

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PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

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SEGURING VALVE SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. g, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

4SEGUFIING VALVE-SEATS.

SPIECIIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 769,831, dated September 13, 1904. Application led November 2, 1903. v Serial No. 179,454. (No model.)

Patent in Great Britain, No. 24,254, dated November 5, 1902, and in Germany, application filed November 17, 1902,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the holding down or securing of removable or renewable valveseats. l

My invention has for its object to provide means for holding the seats securely and rigidly in place and at the same time allowing these seats to be conveniently put in position and removed.y

My invention is of special value upon valves intended to be used with steam of a high temperature or superheated steam, although I do not confine the application of my improvements to any particular type of valve-v lcasing or valve-seat or to any special purposes for which the valve is to be employed.

Removable seats have before the date of my present invention been secu red to the valve-casing by screwing them into the casing or by the action of wedges which retain them in place. on account of the difliculty of cutting a satisfactory thread on the valve-casing and of the difficulty of removing the seat when required. As regards the latter method, as far as I am aware, the wedges have been so shaped and so used that it is difficult to get the valve-seat held to the valve-casing at all points on its circumference, and if this is not done the valveseat, unless made very heavy, is liable to leak between the points at which the holding-down force is applied.

My invention consists in a device for securing or holding down valve seats or rings by the combined action of snugs and of screwed pins, (or of studs or bridge-pieces actuated by screwedpins), the said snugs and the said pins, studs, or bridge-pieces operating' with a wedge-like action on the beveled periphery of The first method is objectionable the valve-seat in such a manner that the screwed pins with one motion produce the double effect of forcing the valve-seat into contact with the snugs and at the same time force the parts of the valve-seat on which they directly act against the valve-casing.

By the use of my invention the one act of screwing in the pins secures the valve-seat at several points round its periphery. same time the circumference of the seat is not directlyin contact with the casing, and the seat is thus not restrained from expanding under the influence of heat to the same extent as is usually the case. Further, the valveseat is very easily removed when this is desired.

rIhe accompanying drawings illustrate my invention in several forms. III Figures l and 2, which are two crosssections of the valve-casing at right angles to each other, a is the valve-casing and b is the valve, which has a vertical movement. The valve is shown in its closed position and is opened b-y giving it a vertical movementthat is, a sliding motion over the valve-seats e e. The left-hand seat e is shown parallel to the line of motion of I), while the right-hand seat is shown slightly inclined to this. This is done simply to illustrate two arrangements of valve-seat, either of which may be employed. The valve-seats e are made with beveled edges f and are provided with rings g, which Inay be of some material which is soft compared with the material of the seats and of the valvecasing. These rings g are intended to make a steam-tight connection between the seats e and the surfaces c and d of the valve-casing a.. Attachedto the valve-casing on either side are snugs la, having inclined inner surfaces e', which act on the beveled surfaces of the valveseats.

At the The detail drawing, Eig. 3, which is a sec- IOO upward motion is given to each seat bymeans of the pin a, which screws into a hole cut in the valve-casing. Into the inner end of this hole projects the stem Z of a bridge-piece j, which has inclined faces Zr, which act on the beveled edges f of the valve-seats. Packing m, which may bea ring of asbestos, copper, or other suitable material, is placed between the end of the pin la and the stem Z of the bridge-piece. rIhe end of the pin may be conveniently turned down, as Ashown in the drawings, so as to form a shoulder against which the ring m can press. I may, however, shape the end of the-pin n and the end of the stem Z and arrange the packing in any convenient manner. (Slightly modified arrangements are shown in the subsequent figures.) The upward pressure of the bridge-piece y' against the valve-seats presses these upward against the snugs Zi, and owing to the inclined nature of the surfaces z' and f (see Fig. 3) the valveseats, at their` upper ends,will be firmly pressed against the casing. also another action on the seats e, for owing tothe inclined nature of the faces f of the valve-seat the upward motion of the bridgepiece j, caused by the screwed pin a, will, by a wedge-like action, force the bottom parts of the seats e against the valve-casing. rI`he pin a and bridge-piece j' therefore serve a double purpose, and this is, in fact, the essence of my invention.

A modified form of my device is shown in Fig. L1. Two screwed pins q are here substituted for the screwed pin n. These pins q are inclined to the plane of the valve-seats and normal to the beveled edges f, so that when they are screwed inward against the sides they not only force the seats upward, so as to be acted on by the snugs, but also press the lower parts of theseats against the faces c and cZ of the valve-casing.

In the form of my device shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the screwed pins 3 act on the plungers or studs e', having end pieces y, which have beveled faces 6. The pins 3 move in a plane parallel to that of the valve-seat e; but the inclined faces 6 of the studs not only force the seat e downward, so as to be acted on by the snugs butalso press the top of the seat against the top of the valve-casing. The snugs a' are of a similar nature to the snugs ZL shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Instead of placing the pins 3 3, as shown in Fig. 5, at ninety degrees to each other and at forty-five degrees to the sides of the valvecasing I may place them opposite to and in line with each other and at ninety degrees to the sides of the valve-casing, or I may place them at any suitable angle. This is only a matter for convenience. I arrange the inclined faces 6 to snit the beveled edges of the valve-seat whatever be the angle of the pins 3.

Instead of passing' the pins 3 through the valve-casing, so as to be actuated from the The bridge-piece j has outside of the casing, I may screw them into holes 1n snugs or projectlons 7, Figs. 7 and 8,

cast on the valve-casing, so that the pins are manipulated from the inside of the casing. I do not consider this construction generally so good as passing the pins' right through the casing; but in some cases it may be desirable to adopt the construction shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The angular position of the pins 3 is only a matter of convenience.

The form of my device shown. in Fig. 9 is the same 'as that shown in Figs. 1, Zand 3, but I use two bridge-pieces t instead of the one bridge-piece j. It will be understood that although only half of the valve casing, seat, &c., is shown the other half is the same.

In the form of my device shown in Fig. 10 I again use two bridge-pieces, which are here lettered c. These bridge-pieces, however, in this case act on the valve-seat in two places. To obtain this action, the bridge-piece 'u has at each end two projections w. Each of these projections w is of the nature of the single end Z6 of the bridge-piece j' shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In this form of my device which is intended for large valves there are also four snugs Zi instead of two.

Although I have shown the faces f of the seats'as conical, I can make these faces of conoidal form, if desired, and I can make the bearing-surfaces Z and Z6 of the snugs and bridgepieces with either a straight or a curved bevel. The surfaces f of the seat are shown curved in Fig. -11, which will now be referred to.

Although I have up till now illustrated my invention as applied to sluice-valves or valves which move at right angles to the axes of their seats, my invention may be applied to other kinds of valves.

Fig. 11 shows by way of example my invention as applied to an ordinary screw-clown valve. Z is the valve-casing, Z) the valve, and e the valve ring or seat. The end m of the screwed pin n engages with the stud 5, which not only forces the valve-seat against the snugs It, but also presses the part of the seat with which it makes contact against the casing.

I may in all cases where thought desirable make the snugs to be adjustable, so that they can be regulated when desired, so that the valve will when closed occupy a known and desired position within the casing.

Referring now to Fig. 12, the screws 8, which in this case are employed to act in ten'- sion, are provided with surfaces 9, having beveled faces 10, which act on the beveled face f of the valve-seat. The snugs Zt are formed with beveled faces Z, the same as in the previous cases. The screw 8 is tightened up rby means of a nut 11, and the packing m is conveniently secured by a washer 12. This construction may be used either with a sluicevalve or with an ordinary screw-down valve like that shown in Fig. 1l. Y

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Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination, valve-seats having beveled edges, snugs adapted to engage with these beveled edges, a bridge-piece adapted to engage at one end with the beveled edge of one valve-seat and at the other end with the beveled edge of the other valve-seat and a screwed pin adapted to actuate the bridgepiece so as to produce the double action on the valve-seats, substantially as described.

2. In combination, a valve-seat such as e having a beveled edge such as f, snugs such as L adapted to engage with said beveled edge and bridge-pieces such as o provided with projections such as w, of which two bear against one valve-seat and the other two against the other valve-seat, the said bridgepieces being adapted to be pressed against 2O the valve-seats by screwed pins such as n which pass through and are adapted to be operated from the outside of the valve-casing, substantially and described.

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